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Daytime and Nighttime

Junkeimachi Yomise no Zu by Hiroshige Utagawa
"Junkeimachi Yomise no Zu" by Hiroshige Utagawa
A picture of Night Stalls from Shingin Otsuebushi
A picture of Night Stalls
(from "Shingin Otsuebushi")
Around Junkeimachi Dori (currently Minamisemba), many lively night stalls appeared. Those stalls grew bigger and stretched south to Ebisbashi. This prosperity and liveliness even shocked people from the capital, Edo (currently Tokyo).

According to the book, "Settu Meisho Zue Taisei," there was a tremendous variety of stores: kimono stores, cotton stores, furniture stores, and hardware stores to say the least.

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